Hilary Robin Rosenthal  //  1/28/19  //  Daily Update

The partial government shutdown has ended temporarily. President Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone was arrested on Friday and charged with one count of obstruction of justice, five counts of false statements and one count of witness tampering. The unnamed foreign corporation challenging a subpoena issued by Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a cert petition seeking Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit's decision in favor of Mueller. President Trump's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Trump administration's policy to restrict transgender people's service in the military leaves personnel in limbo. US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its 2019 Annual Energy Outlook, which projects that coal will remain part of the US energy grid until 2050.

TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION 

President Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone was arrested on Friday and charged with one count of obstruction of justice, five counts of false statements and one count of witness tampering (NYT).

• Lawfare has the indictment here. It details, among other things, that Stone was in close contact with the Trump campaign about WikiLeaks.
• Former Stone associates indicate their willingness to testify against Stone, writes Jacqueline Thomsen.
• Roger Stone said he would consider cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller after his arrest Friday (WSJ).

The Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen last Thursday to testify before the Committee (WSJ).

Meanwhile, Judge Amy Berman Jackson scheduled a sealed hearing in a dispute over Manafort's alleged lies, Lydia Wheeler reports.

The unnamed foreign corporation challenging a subpoena issued by Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a cert petition seeking Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit's decision in favor of Mueller (Lawfare). 

DEMOCRACY

The partial government shutdown has ended— at least temporarily (NYT).

• But President Trump said he is skeptical that he would accept any congressional border deal, write Peter Nicholas and Kristina Peterson.

The American Federation of Government Employees is moving forward with a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the partial government shutdown (The Hill).

The Supreme Court schedules a date—March 26—for oral argument in the latest partisan gerrymandering dispute case, reports Rick Hasen.

• Michigan Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause on the federal lawsuit alleging GOP gerrymandering (Detroit News).

IMMIGRATION

The Mexican government disagrees with the "unilateral” decision made by the U.S. to return asylum seekers (NYT).

President Trump's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census, reports David Savage.

• The district court order keeping the citizenship question off the upcoming census form was to be reviewed in the Second Circuit, but the Department of Justice has filed a request to have the Supreme Court leapfrog that (Election Law Blog).

CIVIL RIGHTS

The Trump administration's policy to restrict transgender people's service in the military leaves personnel in limbo, writes David Crary.

JUSTICE & SAFETY 

Nearly three months after deeming Russia in violation of a chemical weapons law, the Trump administration has yet to impose sanctions on Moscow as required by the law (NBC).

US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its 2019 Annual Energy Outlook, which projects that coal will remain part of the US energy grid until 2050 (Arstechnica).

CHECKS & BALANCES

According to Rep. Joe Neguse (CO), the House Judiciary Committee is "likely" to pursue a Brett Kavanaugh perjury investigation (Oregon Live).

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